NYC Arbitron Radio Ratings: February 2013

[pjc1961]

New York: http://ratings.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb001

Overall age 6+ publicly released data for the February 2013 survey period from Thu. 1/31/13-Wed. 2/27/13.
Next survey period will be March 2013 covering Thu. 2/28/13-Wed. 3/27/13 with the data release date being Mon. 4/15/13.

From AllAccess, PPM analysis with demo breakouts for the top 5 in ages 25-54, 18-49 + 18-34.
(New York is listed first, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago.)
Article link: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/a...rch-director-inc-presents-exclusive-february-

 

[leethalweapon]

I note the the cume detail is missing from the Allaccess details...

 

[Morpheux]

WPAT seems to be turning it around now that they have dropped Rhythmic from their playlist.

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Does that nice bump for WPLJ -- best they're looked in a while -- have anything to do with that simulcast on 94.7? Even in a residual sense? The // cast was back in January, so .....

So WKTU is Hot A/C now, huh?
Whicher, rhe last four books is not exactly a trend that's wagging its tail in a friendly way.

And whatever that WNSH is had a nice leap, even though the format and the owners are unknown :- )

 

[reelyreal]

The PLJ simulcast was over before this book. The ratings you see are WPLJ standing alone and WNSH standing alone. It's a nice upward trend for WNSH.

@Lee, the cume is there on AllAccess, it's in a separate table below the shares.

 

[leethalweapon]

@Lee, the cume is there on AllAccess, it's in a separate table below the shares.

I see that, but the WNSH cume is missing...

 

[pjc1961]

What Lee was referring to was the AllAccess article linked in the first post in this thread which was PPM analysis, not a ratings chart.

The AllAccess ratings chart is available with a free subscription to AllAccess: http://www.allaccess.com/arbitron/q/market/81/new-york-ny

However, the AllAccess ratings chart also does not include any cume info for WNSH in particular (although it does show shares).

Via ****************** (similar to AllAccess: requires a free subscription), the shares + cume for WNSH:
                                                     Hol12 Jan13 Feb13 Cume-Feb13
WNSH Country Cumulus Media, Inc. 0.0 0.6 1.6    728,800

Unfortunately, since most of the radio news sites with ratings information "hide" the data behind subscription walls, lately most posters have used radio-online as a "free" source for the ratings data. Unfortunately their charts do not include cume data.
The ratings charts (in jpeg form taken directly from Arbitron) that appear on the news pages of radioinfo.com are one day after publication and also do not include cume info. The AllAccess charts are probably the best since they include shares and cume from the last 6 survey periods.

 

[benale]

WOR is still in the lower ones. They sound so much better than WABC, which has twice their ratings. I really hope WOR can recover. Live and local is slow to catch on,I suppose. I enjoy Gambling and Simone. If things don't improve down the road, I wonder what strategy they will use.

I would imagin\e when Limbaugh and Hannity move to the station(if they do) things will improve. Just wish their programming would catch on.

 

[WNTIRadio]

Please tell me how WOR sounds better than WABC?

Joan Hamburg? Dave Ramsey? Whoever that is in the afternoon now?

The station sounds like an unfocused mess. WABC is no great shakes, but WOR isn't sounding better.

Simone is a bore and comes across full of himself, and not in a Rush tongue in cheek kind of way. Geraldo is also no ball of fire, but he doesn't grate on me the way Simone does.

 

[islndbreze]

It looks to me like the fan-fm (101.9) isn't doing so well... Just sayin'!

 

[tjolsen]

ya fan's ratings seem to have nose dived. Very interestingb

 

[davideduardo]

It looks to me like the fan-fm (101.9) isn't doing so well... Just sayin'!

In 18+ men and 25-54 men they are well within the range; January was abnormally high while February's book was at the low side of the range.

Move on; nothing to see.

 

[JoeyBagODonuts]

It looks to me like the fan-fm (101.9) isn't doing so well... Just sayin'!

In 18+ men and 25-54 men they are well within the range; January was abnormally high while February's book was at the low side of the range.

Move on; nothing to see.

February (post-Super Bowl) has always been a down month in Sports Talk. It should start picking up again in March with Spring Training and March Madness.

 

[Bob1370]

The real news is in news-talk programming. WABC may remain slightly ahead of WNYC-FM as a stand alone station, but when you take into account all the simulcasting and program sharing that's done across WNYC's AM and FM platforms, the WNYC combo is now format-dominant. WABC remains close to its 91 year low point...and WOR, likewise. Both Cumulus and Clear Channel need to rethink their approach to spoken word programming and stop acting like it's still 1994.

As for WNYC, perhaps they should pool all the talk programming on their FM signal alone, where it would probably cross the 3 share bar immediately and soon move into the market's top 10 in overall 6+ numbers...then create a separate audience on AM through a mix of some hourly news service with a 24/7 schedule based on standards, jazz and the kind of music and conversation no longer heard on mainstream commercial radio. That would serve the large audience disfranchised by the closure of WNEW/1130 and pre-Radio Disney WQEW/1560. They'd almost surely draw more than enough membership and underwriting support to make such a station not only financially viable, but profitable enough to help support WNYC's primary news/information mission--not to mention WQXR's classical and fine arts mission.

 

[Barry]

WPAT seems to be turning it around now that they have dropped Rhythmic from their playlist.

This appears to be one of the best rebounds for a major New York station in quite some time. WPAT Amor on 93.1 had an overall rating of only .9 in November. That has nearly tripled three months later, to a 2.4 in February, their highest overall rating in about 2 years.
When their numbers were in the basement last year, lots of the music they played were tropical tunes that sounded very similar to what was aired on La Mega 97.9 and X96.3. What were they thinking?
Amor has apparently returned to its Spanish A/C roots, and once again provides a real alternative to the other two stations.

 

[Gregg]

@ Bob1370...>>>Both Cumulus and Clear Channel need to rethink their approach to spoken word programming and stop acting like it's still 1994.<<<

Well that's the tough thing for today's Talk Radio. What do you do today that you didn't do 20 years ago? In the large markets, only four commercial Talk stations, KFI, WGN, WBAP and WSB, are in the Top 10. The audience for Rush and his cohorts is getting older and there's really nobody to replace them. Do you stop playing to the Ultra Conservative crowd? That audience is graying and shrinking. But Progressive Talk is also losing affiliates and the one syndicated middle-of-the-road host, Michael Smerconish, is leaving broadcast radio. What's next?

>>>As for WNYC, perhaps they should pool all the talk programming on their FM signal alone, where it would probably cross the 3 share bar immediately and soon move into the market's top 10 in overall 6+ numbers...then create a separate audience on AM through a mix of some hourly news service with a 24/7 schedule based on standards, jazz and the kind of music and conversation no longer heard on mainstream commercial radio.<<<

They like WNYC-AM for spill-over NPR programs that the FM doesn't have time to air... Tell Me More, Diane Rehm, The World, On Point, a second Saturday airing of Car Talk. Nights and weekends when the FM is playing music programs, the AM does Talk shows. I often find myself tuning in the AM when I don't like what's on FM. If the music tastes of Jonathan Schwartz or Jian Ghomeshi are not your style, the AM has a Talk show instead.

But instead of both AM and FM airing BBC overnight, maybe the AM should try an all-night Standards show. I have the feeling it would bring in enough donations to justify itself.

 

[liradioisbad]

It looks to me like the fan-fm (101.9) isn't doing so well... Just sayin'!

In 18+ men and 25-54 men they are well within the range; January was abnormally high while February's book was at the low side of the range.

Move on; nothing to see.

February (post-Super Bowl) has always been a down month in Sports Talk. It should start picking up again in March with Spring Training and March Madness.

Absolutely. After the Super Bowl it's widely considered to be a down period in sports until March Madness. Plus hockey/basketball aren't usually radio draws, and what WFAN has are the less popular teams. It should pick up with Mets season, even with expectations of another bad year.

 

[Morpheux]

WPAT seems to be turning it around now that they have dropped Rhythmic from their playlist.

This appears to be one of the best rebounds for a major New York station in quite some time. WPAT Amor on 93.1 had an overall rating of only .9 in November. That has nearly tripled three months later, to a 2.4 in February, their highest overall rating in about 2 years.
When their numbers were in the basement last year, lots of the music they played were tropical tunes that sounded very similar to what was aired on La Mega 97.9 and X96.3. What were they thinking?
Amor has apparently returned to its Spanish A/C roots, and once again provides a real alternative to the other two stations.

They still play tropical tunes that lean older like Gilberto Santa Rosa,Marc Anthony,Luis Enrique,Frank Reyes. What you don't hear anymore is Rihanna, Flo Rida,Pitbull,The Wanted. That was some sort of mix bag that made no sense.

 

[ansky212]

It looks to me like the fan-fm (101.9) isn't doing so well... Just sayin'!

In 18+ men and 25-54 men they are well within the range; January was abnormally high while February's book was at the low side of the range.

Move on; nothing to see.

February (post-Super Bowl) has always been a down month in Sports Talk. It should start picking up again in March with Spring Training and March Madness.

Absolutely. After the Super Bowl it's widely considered to be a down period in sports until March Madness. Plus hockey/basketball aren't usually radio draws, and what WFAN has are the less popular teams. It should pick up with Mets season, even with expectations of another bad year.

Yup. Every time I turn on WFAN it's talk about the Knicks, Knicks, and more Knicks. Since I don't really follow the Knicks, or basketball in general, I don't spend much time listening to WFAN this time of year.

 

[Jeffrey]

and again WQXR is completely missing. They must no longer subscribe to Arbitron.